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Lawyer Says Mediation Resolves Feud Among Jordan Royals
Jordan’s palace and a confidant of a senior royal say mediation has successfully resolved an unprecedented public feud in the royal family
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Jordan's King Sends Tough Message on Dissent in Royal Family
Jordanian authorities say they have foiled a “malicious plot” by a former crown prince to destabilize the kingdom with foreign support.
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Jordan Prince Says He's Confined, Lashes Out at Authorities
The half-brother of Jordan’s King Abdullah II said Saturday he has been placed under house arrest and accused the country’s “ruling system” of incompetence and corruption, exposing a rare rift within the ruling monarchy of a close Western ally.
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Michael Jordan's Brand Taking Next Steps in $100 Million Commitment to the Black Community
Michael Jordan will launch a community grants program for organizations assisting Black communities through his apparel brand.
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How One Facebook Group Is Helping 52,000 Women Navigate Freelancing During the Pandemic
The Facebook group Freelancing Females saw a spike in new members in search of job leads, career advice and community support during the pandemic.
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Vernon Jordan, Executive and Civil Rights Activist Who Advised Bill Clinton, Dies at Age 85
Jordan’s political experience and knack for communication led him to forge powerful relationships in Washington, most notably with former President Clinton.
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Michael Jordan Donates $100 Million to Racial Equality Causes
Michael Jordan is donating $100 million in support of the Black Lives Matter movement. In a statement released by his manager Estee Portnoy, it was announced that Jordan and the Jordan Brand will donate $100 million over the course of the next 10 years. “Jordan Brand is more than one man. It has always been a family,” the statement begins….
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As K-9 Deaths Climb Overseas, State Department Halts Sending New Bomb-Sniffing Dogs
Many K-9s deployed overseas as part of a State Department program intended to help partner countries detect and prevent terror attacks suffer or die from neglect by their foreign handlers, according to a report from the State Department’s Office of the Inspector General.
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K-9 Concerns: Neglect Complaints Prompt Changes to State Department Program
Earlier this year, the News4 I-Team revealed bomb-sniffing K-9s trained locally and deployed overseas were dying of neglect by their foreign handlers. Scott MacFarlane reports the State Department said it’s ordering major changes amid revelations even more dogs have perished than previously reported.
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Was Trump Call With Ukraine ‘Perfect'? GOP Scrambles to Decide
Republicans have no unified argument in the impeachment inquiry of Donald Trump, in large part because they can’t agree on how best to defend the president — or for some, if they should. That would require a level of consensus that Trump’s call with the Ukraine president was “perfect,” as he insists. Or it would take a measure of GOP...
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State Dept. Undersecretary Testifies in Impeachment Inquiry
The State Department’s third-ranking official testified Wednesday for more than six hours in the House Democrats’ impeachment inquiry as they investigate President Donald Trump’s dealings with Ukraine. David Hale had been expected to tell lawmakers that political considerations were behind the agency’s refusal to deliver a robust defense of the former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine.
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High School Football Player Prays With Rival Whose Mom Has Cancer
A hard-fought Texas high school football game took a backseat to the realities of life when opponents Gage Smith and Ty Jordan came together for an emotional prayer after the final whistle last week. Smith asked Jordan if the two friends could say a prayer together for Jordan’s mother, Tiffany Jordan, 42, who has stage 4 lung and bone cancer....
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House Democrats Announce Public Impeachment Hearings Next Week
House Democrats will launch a major new phase of their impeachment inquiry next week with public hearings that will feature three State Department officials who have testified about their concerns about President Donald Trump’s dealings with Ukraine. House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, who is leading the impeachment investigation, announced Wednesday that the committee will hear from top Ukraine diplomat...
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Hit-and-Run Driver Strikes, Kills Man in Spotsylvania
A 41-year-old man had just left a concert at a shopping center in Fredericksburg, Virginia, when someone struck and killed him. News4’s Julie Carey reports.
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Fact Check: Trump's Syrian Mission-Accomplished Moment
As President Donald Trump describes it, the U.S. swooped into an intractable situation in the Middle East, achieved an agreement within hours that had eluded the world for years and delivered a “great day for civilization.” It was a mission-accomplished moment that other Republican leaders, Democrats and much of the world found unconvincing. Trump spent much of the past week...
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AP Fact Check: Trump Muddles Facts on US Syria Withdrawal
President Donald Trump muddled the facts Wednesday on America’s withdrawal from Syria and the conditions on the ground there, as he distanced himself and the U.S. from the ongoing Turkish invasion into Syria. He suggested incorrectly that the Syrian Kurds who fought alongside U.S. forces against the Islamic State group deliberately released IS prisoners and wrongly said Americans have been...
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US Pulling Out of Northern Syria; Full Withdrawal Possible
The United States appears to be heading toward a full military withdrawal from Syria amid growing chaos, cries of betrayal and signs that Turkey’s invasion could fuel a broader war. Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Sunday that President Donald Trump had directed U.S. troops in northern Syria to begin pulling out “as safely and quickly as possible.” He did not...
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WH: American Troops to Pull Out of Syria for Turkey
The White House says Turkey will soon move troops into northern Syria as U.S. troops withdraw. Kurdish fighters who remain in the region to help the U.S. push ISIS out of Syria are calling the move a betrayal. The Turkish government regards the Kurds as terrorists, raising fears about their fate.
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State Department Oversight Report Finds Bomb-Sniffing Dogs Dying From Neglect Overseas
Many K-9s deployed overseas as part of a State Department program intended to help partner countries detect and prevent terror attacks suffer or die from neglect by their foreign handlers, according to a report from the State Department’s Office of the Inspector General.
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State Dept. Report Finds K-9s Dying From Neglect Overseas
Many K-9s deployed overseas as part of a State Department program intended to help partner countries detect and prevent terror attacks suffer or die from neglect by their foreign handlers, according to a report from the State Department’s Office of the Inspector General. Scott MacFarlane reports.